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Sample of authors
Smith, Martin Cruz
Martin Cruz Smith, born Martin William Smith, was an American author of thrillers born in Reading, Pennsylvania. His father was a jazz musician and his mother a jazz singer. She was of Pueblo descent and was active in the Native American civil rights movement. The family moved homes several times during Smith’s youth, but he predominantly grew up in Philadelphia where he attended Germantown A...
Literary figures
Abigail Bukula
Gender: Female
She was only 15 years old when her parents were murdered by apartheid supporters in South Africa. She, herself, was saved by a white soldier who later raped her. Now, Abigail Bukula is almost 40 years old, a successful lawyer in the Ministry of Law and married to newspaper owner Robert Momkapi, whom she however divorces. She is described by author Wessel Ebersohn as coloured, beautiful, smart...